©. SUBMIT IMAGE: Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa attends a news conference at Health center Clinic in Barcelona

MADRID ()– Spain needs to accomplish herd immunity from COVID-19 by the end of summer 2021 if adequate individuals are vaccinated by then, the health minister stated in an interview released on Sunday.

Salvador Illa said a vaccination program will begin in January and by the end of the summertime more than two thirds of the population of 47 million need to be vaccinated.

” In Europe, even if it is not the final end, we will be in an extremely various stage. That is why I think we are at the beginning of the end with this time horizon that I say, from 5 to 6 months,” he informed Publico paper.

Asked if this suggested that Spain would accomplish herd resistance, Illa responded: “Yes. It is what the technicians call that, that individuals have immunity either because they are vaccinated or because they have had the illness.”

However, Illa cautioned Spaniards against dropping their guard throughout the Christmas period. Spain has actually been one of the worst hit nations in Europe by coronavirus.

New cases rose by 10,519 to 1,730,575 on Friday, according to health ministry data, while the number of deaths increased by 280, bringing the overall to 47,624

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